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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1103 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003



...FLASH FLOODING BECOMING SIGNIFICANT ACROSS GREENVILLE AND 

GREENVILLE COUNTY...



LATE THIS EVENING...THE REEDY RIVER IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE WAS AT 

10.3 FEET AND RISING.  THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 13 FEET 

DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREETS BEGINS 

AROUND 11 FEET...AND WATER BEGINS TO ENTER SOME BUILDINGS.  AT 12 

FEET...WATER ENTERS SOME HOMES IN BEREA ALONG TRIBUTARIES. A PUBLIC 

REPORT WAS RECEIVED AT 11 PM THAT FLOOD WATER HAD INDEED ENTERED 

HOMES IN THAT AREA.



ON THE EAST SIDE...THE TAYLORS AND GREER AREAS HAVE HAD HEAVY 

RAINFALL.  THE BRUSHY CREEK AT DEL NORTE WAS ALREADY AT 9 FEET AND 

RISING QUICKLY.  THE CREST THERE IS LIKELY TO BE WELL ABOVE 10 

FEET...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.  THE UPPER REACHES OF THE 

ENOREE WILL FLOOD AROUND THE EAST SIDE...AND EVENTUALLY FLOOD 

DOWNSTREAM TO EAST OF SIMPSONVILLE.



THERE IS ALSO A REPORT OF A DAM BREAK IN NORTHERN GREENVILLE 

COUNTY...BUT DETAILS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED.



DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD

BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE

SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.



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JONES

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